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he ratio of girls to boys in Liza’s classroom is 55 to 44. How many girls are in her classroom if there is a total of 2727 students?

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looks like the numbers doubles in the problem

shouldn't it be 5 girls to 4 boys in a class total of 27??

5+4 =9

27/9=3

5*3 = 15

there are 15 girls in class

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